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Total Politics: Top 20 NI Blogs…
Fair play to Iain, he managed to get over 2,200 people voting in his poll for the top Northern Irish blogs this year… We (just, I imagine) retained our top spot, with Splintered coming straight in at number 2, no doubt his pet subject du jour will have garnered him a lot of fans… I’ve [...] read our review »
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The Irish political journalist’s problem with partial disclosure…
The nod and wink politics of Ireland’s last two or three decades as practised par excellence by Bertie, Albert and Charlie is ultimately what has the Republic in the stew it’s in. Don’t get me wrong, the effective monitoring of those exercising of power does not demand full disclosure of everything all the time. But [...] read our review »
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The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman) – an insight into a newspaper that’s maybe not so fictional
‘news’ is often a polite way of saying ‘editor’s whim’ Given the shift from print to online and e-ink, maybe Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists was a suitable first first book for me to finish reading on the Kindle. Considering the economic pressures on the newspaper industry, his novel perhaps captures the spirit and soul of [...] read our review »
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not even remotely funny!
I agree. Im more inclined than ever to vote for FF or the PDs after seeing this. Looks like something Pat Rabitte would put together
absolutely brilliant!
Very good well worth a watch, almost as funny as the time the guy Paul Stokes disrupted the Late Late Show’s Pat Kenny.
Maybe I’m missing something but I thought it was pretty stupid. I don’t understand why all the people criticising Bertie had English accents (one Scot). Are they celebtities or political commentators of some kind? It was just stupid. Not funny at all. Actually made Bertie sould good.
Oops, should read
“Actually made Bertie sound good”
God Eamonn I hope FF realises the power of Youtube to sway voters in its favour. You’re actually more inclined to vote FF/PD after seeing the above video? These intertubes are fierce powerful.
I think you missed the point USA.
That was a sppech by bertie interspersed with another program.
stooooopid